Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 25 The best news

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Kaia’s eyes turned cold. “Joanne, that’s not okay. Once the ceremony’s done, won’t everyone think I’m already married? Is it fair to a girl’s name?”

Joanne said nothing.

“You have five days. That’s the most I can do. Figure out how to tell Sir Graves. If not, I won’t show up to that wedding either.”

Kaia stood up. “I’ve got things to do. Tell Sir Graves I’ve gone.”

That was her final grace–dignified, but firm.

Alden came down empty–handed, annoyed. Seeing Joanne alone at the table, he frowned.

“Where is she?” he asked.

Joanne shot him a glare. “Your fiancée just walked out on you. Happy now?”

Kaia drove herself today, just in case she needed to make a quick getaway if things got awkward.

But the moment she left Graves Manor, it hit her that she had completely forgotten to ask Lucien about the contract.

Shortcuts or not, she just wanted her company to have a real

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chance.

She pulled to the side of the road and grabbed her phone, clicking on the contact marked with a little galaxy.

[Mr. Graves, are you staying at the manor tonight?]

She thought it’d take a while for him to reply. But to her surprise, he texted back almost instantly.

[What? Want me to walk you out?]

Just reading that made Kaia’s cheeks heat up.

Lucien always looked so proper and distant, but his texts had this… strange tone.

Is he teasing me?

Maybe it was just her overthinking, but something about it felt like a low–key flirt.

car, not even seeing him, Kaia

Already left. But if it’s not too much trouble and

felt like it lasted forever. After a full minute, his one–word reply

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[Sure.]

the study, Lucien rubbed his thumb across the screen, a faint smirk

lazily. “Dad, Zane, I’ve got something to handle. I’m

Zane turned,

blinked. “Didn’t you say you

to feed my rabbit. Gotta head

leaving the two men staring

does he have

Zane shrugged. “Beats me.

“Try to get your brother over more often. He’s

since Lucien came back, Allen felt this weird gap between him and his youngest son. He

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idling by the curb, softly humming to herself. Then, she spotted a familiar

hopped out and waved at the

stopped right

she called, voice bright. She was clearly glad to see

Lucien chuckled silently.

her ducking him earlier, and now she

the window and

in that small car space with him made

Manor, and hanging out on the sidewalk would’ve looked sketchy

“So…

forced a fake smile. “Well, I just wanted to talk about that

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as she said

were waiting here?” his voice went a

nodded sheepishly. “Yeah. But I’m not asking you to pull strings.

kept his cool. “Hmm. Sounds like you think someone’s

how to explain the

please don’t take it the

connections pushing clients

Kaia lit

“Thank you, Mr. Graves!”

it. If he gave his